Hasp-fastener.



A. H. BROWNE.

HASP PASTENER. APELIOATNRIILED 001'. 21, 1910.

\ Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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ASHLEIGH I-I. BROWNE, OF LEBANON, OHIO.

HASP-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed October 21, 1910. Serial No. 588,393.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LASHLEIGH H. BROWNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lebanon, in the county of Warren and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Hasp-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved hasp fastener for hinged and sliding doors, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, may be easily attached, and is highly efficient in use.

The details of construction and operation of the fastener are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of the fastener in normal position. Fig. 2 is a face view of the keeper which is attached to the door. Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the fastener to a door and door frame. Fig. 4: is a sectional view further illustrating the same parts.

The hasp fastener proper consists of a metal lever A which is provided with a pivot hole D at its larger end and with a lateral lug C at an adjacent point, and a hook B whose int-urned inner end is pivoted to the lever and the outer end is curved downward. The hook is of such length that when in use it extends nearly half its length beyond the pivot end of the lever. The

' lug C serves as a stop for the hook, it being located below the line of the hook pivot and the pivot hole D of the lever and midway between the two, so that when the fastener is in closed or locking position, the hook is practically in alinement with the lever, but the pivot end of the hook is a little below the pivot end of the lever.

In Figs. 3 and 4, a keeper consisting of a narrow elongated metal plate E is secured to the door w, it being preferably let into a shallow mortise therein, and the wood is cut away in rear of the keeper to form a cavity sufficient to freely receive the engaging end of the hook. The lever is pivoted tothe inner side of the door frame 3 Thus when the lever is thrown up, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the hook may be easily engaged with or disengaged from the keeper E; but when the lever is thrown down to the horizontal position, the further downward movement is arrested when the hook strikes upon the lug C which thus serves as a stop. The pivot end of the hook being then below the pivot screw by which the lever is secured to the door frame y, it is apparent that a lock is efiected which prevents the free end of the lever from rising and thus loosening the fastening unless it be operated manually.

It will be seen that during the operation of bringing down the lever A, the door is drawn tightly against,- the frame and at the same time securely locked. The door is thus not only secured, but a weather-proof joint is formed between it and the frame, so that it cannot be rattled by the wind and the entrance of moisture is efi'e'ctually prevented.

It will be understood that the fastener will be made in rights or lefts, that is to say, for application to the right or left side of a door frame.

The fastening is particularly applicable to doors of tobacco barns and similar buildings requiring ventilation, since by employing difierent keepers the door may be held open more or less and yet securely.

What I claim is The improved hasp-fastener comprising two elements, namely, an elongated lever having a pivot hole at one end, and an elongated hook pivoted to the lever in rear of such hole, the lever having an integral lateral lug located equidistantly from the pivot hole and the pivot of the hook and at a point below them, so that when the hook is engaged with a door and the weighted end of the lever is thrown down, the lug bears up against the hook and supports the weighted portion of the lever in horizontal position, as shown and described.

ASHLEIGH H. BROWNE.

Witnesses:

STEVENS, M. A. JAMESON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

